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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
Huxley on the Bible.

The Sunday Magazine has a paper
on the Bible by Archdeacon Farrar-
the first of series of contributions on
1.-The Teachers of Mankind" The
archdeacon quotes the following pas
sage from Professor Huxley regarding
the old Book: 81 have been seriously
perplexed to know" says Huxley,
=" how the religious feeling, which is
the essential base of conduct, can be
kept up without the use of the Bible.
For three centuries this Book has
been woven into the life of all that is
best and noblest in English history.
1t forbids the veriest herd who never
left his village to be ignorant of the
existence of other countries and other
civilizations and a great past stretch
ing back to the furthest limits of the
Oldest nations in the world. By the
study of what other book could chill
dren be so much humanized and made
to feel that each figure in that vast his
torical procession fills, like themselves,
but momentary interspace in the in
terval between two eternities and
earns the blessings or the curses of all
kind, according to its efforts to do good
and hate evil, even as they also are
earning the payment for their work."
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
A Good Test.

DIR. Talmage made use of the follow
ing incident in a recent sermon to illus
trate the Transforming power of religion
in the heart and life: A believer was
giving in prayer-meeting his testi-
mony to Gods grace and goodness, and
said: con my way here tonight l met
man who asked me where / was
going. | said l was going to prayer
meeting. He said, There are a good
many religions, and think the most of
them are decisions. AS to the Christian
religion, that is only notion; that is
mere notion, the Christian religion. ;
| said to him, Stranger, you see that
tavern over there?' Yes said he, |
see it, Do you see me?' 'Of course
l see YOU Now the time was, as
Everybody in this town knows, that if
had quarter in my pocket could not
pass that tavern without going in and
getting a drink, and all the people of
Jefferson could not keep me out of that
|place; but God had changed my heart
and the Lord Jesus Christ DESTROYED
| my thirst for strong drink, and here is
my whole weeks wages. | have no temp
tation to go there now; and, stranger,
| If this is notion / can tell you it's a
mighty powerful notion. 1t is notion
that has put clothes on my children's
backs, 1t is a notion that has put
good food on our table and it is a
notion that has filled my mouth with
thanks to God. And, stranger, you had
better go along with me; you might get
religion, too; lots of people are getting
| religion now"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
Life on the Moon.

There is reason for thinking that the
moon is not absolutely airless, and,
while it has no visible bodies of water.
its soil may after all not be entirely
arid and desicated. There are OBJ
servations which hint at visible changes
in certain spots that could possibly be
caused by vegetation, and there are
other observations which suggest the
display of electric luminosity in a rare
fled atmosphere covering the moon.
TO declare that no possible form of life
can exist under the conditions prevail
ing upon the lunar surface would be
saying too much, for human intelli-
gence cannot set bounds to creative
power. Yet within the limits of life,
such as we know them, it is probably
safe to assert that the moon is dead
and deserted world. In other words,
II race of beings resembling ourselves
or resembling any of our contempo-
raries in terrestrial life ever existed
upon the moon they must long since
have persisted. That such beings may
have existed is possible, particularly if
IT is true, as generally believed, that
the moon once had comparatively
dense atmosphere and water upon its
surface, which have now, in the pro-
cess of cooling of the lunar globe, been
Withdrawn into its interior. 1t GER
tainly does not detract from the inter-
est with which we study the rugged
and beautiful scenery of the moon to
reflect that if we could visit those
ancient sea bottoms, or explore those
glittering mountains we might, per-
chance, find there some remains or
mementoes of race that hourished.
and perhaps was all gathered again to
its fathers, before man appeared upon
the earth.-Populdr Science MONTHLY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
The Difference.

1t is never safe to make an exception
a rule of conduct. One of the best illus
tratlons of this fact was given by the
Key. Dr. Lorimer during the Mime
apolis meetings, in little dialogue.
which If not veritable is certainly sug-
gestlve. Talking with a man who had
protested to be converted, minister
SAID: Have you joined the church?r
y" NO; the dying thief did not join the
church, and he went to heaven. :" Have
you talked to your neighbors?" No:
the dying thief did not talk to his neigh
bors, and he went to heaven" " Have
you given anything to missions?" " No;
the dying thief did not give anything
to missions, and he went to heaven"
Well, my friend, it seems to me the
difference is that he was a dying thief
and you are living thief. "-Enchange.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
MARY TROw's ESTATE.
wi STATE OF YER MONT Washipyt

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier in and for
said District on the 18th day of July. A. D. lss7:
Denson Taft, Administrator with the will annexed
OF the estate of Mary Trow, late of Barre in said
District, deceased makes application to said Court
with the consent and appreciation in writing of the
legatees devisees and heirs of said deceased resid
ing in the State of Vermont for license TO sell ali of
the real estate of said deceased situated in
Barre, in said District, to wit: Dwelling house
shed and barn with about one acre of land rep
resehting that the sale thereof would be ben
etcial to the legatees devisees and heirs of said
deceased IN order TO convert said real estate into
money, Whereupon, II is ordered by said Court
that said application be referred to session thereof
70 be held at the Probate Once in said Montpelier on
cslon thereon; audit Is further ordered that all per
sons Interested be notified hereof by publication of
notice of said application and order thereon three
weeks successfully in the Vermont Uatchrnan d
STATE Journal u newspaper published at Montpelier
IN TINS state and which circulates in the peiehbor
hood OF those Interested before said time of hear
ng that they may appear at said time and place,
ana II they see cause, object thereto.
l5.l7 HIRAM Carl FToN Judge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
STATE OF VERMONT,
SHIN

IN CHANcERY, SEPTEMBER TERM. lSs7.
WxerSGs, Edwin Bruce of Woodbury. in the County
Howard jackson and Eta jackson, minor children
of ora W jackson, has this day filed in the office OF
and state aforesaid his bill in chancery for the fore
closure sure Of mortgage against f. wardner Durham
Luke W. Noyes of Mishawaka, in the state of
Noye Sn sSst Gaa STh in % that Luke
state OF Indiana on the 9oth day of April lssO duly
ENGINE jackson, mortgage deed of certain land
m woodbury., In the County of Washington and
state of Vermont, described as follows viz: Being
yyeyed to the said Luke W. Soyes by the said + G.
being the real estate in the oW !s of aRd
owned by Emeline jackson at the time of her de-
cease, as described in deed to said Emene Jack.
son by Elsina II. Burnham May !, ISL, conditioned
t toT the payment Of three hundred and seyenyye
issC, with interest annually and payable to +. q.
NoSes-ihree OF SAID notes of one hundred dollars
each ana one of seventy -iiye dollars the first note
before December each year thereafter till all are
que and payable the last note of seventy five dollars
Of winch Is due and unpaid. And said petition AYERS
dnat SAD Luke ", Moves and wife have, since the
described IN said mortgage to one Elsina II. Burn
wWa,n ii ana mat she has conveyed the same to r.
same ana occupies said premises. And petition
and AYERS that the said Elsina II. Burnham, at the
time said promises were decided to her, executed
Noyes is made party defendant. And, Whereas il
Is made TO appear that the said Luke W. Noyes re
Sides without TINS state, where the process of said
ordered that the said Luke W. Noyes be notified
of the tendency of said bill in chancery and sum,
moned to appear and answer TO the same. and show
cause, II any he have, why the prayer thereof be
not granted, before the honorable Court of Chan.
Gerry next to be held at Montpelier, within and for
the County of Washington, on the second Tuesday
Of september A. y. 1851 at nine O'clock A. NJ IN
the publication of the substance of said bill i'm chan.
Gerry, together with this order, three weeks sue.
cessively in the lermOm UdfchndB and Sfafs IoUr-
ndi weekly newspaper published at Montpelier, in
the county OF Washington the last of which publi-
cations shall be at least twenty DAYS previous 10 said
second Tuesday of September, 1885, which shall be
deemed sunicent notice to the said Luke w Moves
Given under my hand at Montpelier in the County
OF Washington, this 18th day of July A. ID lssI'
WALTER L. BARNEY, Deputy Clerk.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
A WindOw-Pane Warming.

Once when George Whitefield was
preaching in London he resided with
large family who were all careless.
worldly people; and although he was
quite aware of the fact he could not
make up his mind to speak to this fam
lily on the subject of religion, although
at the same time he was leading hun
dreds to Christ. And the family won
dered at his silence-for they fully ex-
pected that he would speak to them
and even mentioned it to him; but in
the course of conversation he never
once came upon the subject of personal
conversion. His visit came to close
but the night before he left he took
diamond ring and wrote upon a
pane of his bedroom window: g One
thing thou lackest." The grand
child, who was first to see it, told me
that these words written upon the win
dow had such an effect upon the family
that they all, without exception, imme
dlately gave themselves to Christ .-Er-
change.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
ELISHA WHITES ESTATE.
IL u AI " Il ON AIrIl Mon :.

In Probate Court. held at Montpelier in said Dis
trict, on the LIST day of August, A. b. lss7:
Homer H. White, Executor of the last VIII and Tes-
lament OF Elisha White, late of Mortified, in said
District, deceased presents his administration ac-
count Tor examination and allowance, and makes
Application for decree of distribution and par
1t ordered by said Court that said account and said
Application be referred to session thereof to he
held at the Probate Office in said Montpelier on the
z9th day of August, A. D. lsS7. for hearing and de-
clslOn thereon: And it is further ordered that no.
ice hereof be given to all persons interested by
publication of the same three weeks successfully IN
the let7HoW Wdichm0n & State Journal. news paper
published at Montpelier, previous to said time ap-
pointed for hearing, that they may appear at said
time ana place, and show cause, II any they NAV
have, why said account should not be allowed and
such decree made. by the Court-Attest,
l6s HIRAM Carl FToN Judra
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

streets of Jerusalem, especially in the
Jewish quarters, during the rainy sea-
son, when he is obliged to wade in filth
until he is actually nauseated by it, ex-
claims Involuntary, Why is it that
this city is not visited by pestilences?'
In the uninterrupted, burning heat of
the sun during the long summer is
found the probable explanation"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
Gegal Nutites.
SAMUEL FARRER's ESTATE.
\ sTiTEE ~ ~ t'vHEAhMMppEE TS IIeS ESTATE.

In Probate Court held at Montpeer i'm and for
SAID District, on the I'd day of August. A. d. 1857
- An instrument purporting to be the last VIII and
Testament of Nathaniel NJ Carpenter late of Middle
sex IN said Dstrc deceased being presented to the
court Tor Probate II Is ordered by said Court that
all persons concerned therein be notified to appear at
asession Of said Court to be held at the Probate
once. an Montpelier, the Both day of August
A. d. lssl, and show cause, If any they may have
against the Probate of said will for which purpose
IL Is further ordered that notice of this order be
punished three weeks successfully in the Vermont
nUchmdn a. STATE JOurH0i, newspaper printed at
Montpelier, previous to said time appojnted for
hearing. BY the Court-Attest f ~
l6-lS HIRAM earle INDIA
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
Sflural ano Religious.
ReQnieseat.

The day is gone, so long and drear,
Sweet 1t is to be resting here
In the long and silent night;
For fear and grief away are swept
Bitter tears are no longer wept,
While | wait for endless lights
Light to reveal the cherished dead
In lands from which all ills have fled
And the ruins which death has made;
Lands which never shall hear sigh,
In which nothing but death shall die
And the roses never fade 7emp1e Bar.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

FALSE colors are sometimes offered
to the public where Diamond Dyes are
called for. Do not be deceived. These
adulterated and useless dye-stuffs will
not answer the purpose or do the work
of Diamond Dyes, Favorites every
where. Thirty-two colors. Ten cents.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
5---Hidden Rivers,

You have dye enough made there
to color dozen dresses.
2-Otho ran, gesticulating wildly,
but before assistance could arrive the
little girl was drowned
3-For long time no one was able
to open the door, but at last John
forced it open.
I've wished to go to the menagerie
to see the great elephant Hippo. Tom
accordingly escorted us there.
81, to tell the truth, am especially
averse to the proposed measure.
Gin the conservatory saw beau
tiful jackmanni geranium.
j. O. H. n.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

ISN'T it one of the unaccountable
wonders of the age that intelligent
people will persist in taking great,
harsh, gripping pills, when Hahnemann's
Homeopathic Pellets will accomplish
all that they will and are pleasant to
take?
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
ADVERTISEMENTS.

For woman to say she does not use
Proctor & CANDLES Lenox Soap is t.
admit she is "behind the times"
Nobody uses ordinary soap now they
can get Lenox'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
2...WOrd Square.

3---What's My Thought!
have thought in mind;
BY double decapitation
We have, instead, word
Denoting obligation.
And now curtail the word
Denoting obligation)
And that will leave, you'll find
common exclamation.
Behead the last found word,
You'll have an exclamation
Which travellers say is used
Much by the Indian nation.
BENNIE BEE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

DosT thou love life ? Then do not
squander time, for that is the stuff life
is made of.-Be,Vomin Franklin.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

THAT tired feeling and loss of appe-
ute are entirely overcome by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the peculiar medicine.
Try it and see.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

TRUTH is as impossible to be soiled
by any outward touch as the sunbeam
Milton.
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T Z n
c f y T S
b | L I f r S
G E n 7 l p Z d E
7 E p p E r S
w II f A T
O ID d

5-Harriet Beecher Stowe.
CD Ready, read; (2) Chary, char;
90 Mary, mar; (D Snowy, show; (5)
Chink, chin; (6) Shame, sham; (7)
Plane, plan; (S) Party, part Coz Shade,
shad.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

The more one judges the less one
oves.-Bdlzac.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
For Sale!

A FARM Of $50 acres of good land a good house
outbudings; cuts fifty tons of hay; four miles
from depot and village. Price only 81 500 For a
LANE Montpelier, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
4uS3le Corner.
Enigma.
COMPOSED of DO letter

Composed of 40 letters.)
My 9 "a 6 30 % II is pestlence.
My 4 20 8 Ia is a quick movement.
My | 20 30 is to mourn.
My 30 20 3 % - is to cry aloud.
My II 40 q IL 26 is said to be always
found in company with the rose.
My 30 2 3S 16 is a disease.
My 8 10 Is 81 7 10 means pertaining
to the sea.
My "a 81 % 30 2S is to enumerate.
My 36 % 10 q is used on the water.
The whole contains two lines from
very familiar poem. JENNIE JOY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10
4---DiamOnd.

IA consonant.
"A mans name.
Became more elevated.
A near relative.
5-Very pale.
Ga contraction.
IA consonant. MARY Brown.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

6--.CrOss-W Enigma.
In limb not in branch
In strong, not in staunch;
In haste. not in sew;
In gain. not in grow
In new, not in old;
In say, not in told.
Now If you scan the lines all through
pleasant study meets your view
JESSIE.
7---Charade.
fowl is my first,
In farm-yards nursed
My next is on its wings;
In times of old
The whole was sold
To writers as useful things.
FARMER JOHN.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

CnlcAeo:-Wheat, No; 2, spring, 7oHc; No. 3.
spring: CSC: No. 2, red, 1870. Corn, No. 2. 37Hc
Oats: No. 2, 26hc. Rye. No. 2, 45c. Barley
No. No: q sc. Flax seed. No: |. s1,16: Timothy
creamery, 16c to 2lc; dairy. 12c to 18c. Eggs
=, NEW YoRK:-Wheat, No. 2, Milwaukee, Soc
No; 2, Chicago, soEc to SIC; ungraded red, 7se
to 851c; No. 3, red, 79Xc: No. 2, red 82c to 82hc
Corn. No: 2, ACC: No. 2, white, soc. Oats. mixed
10 to 22c.
~ MMxEAPoIls:-wheat, No. l, hard, 78c; No. l.
Sc. Bran, $3.50 to se.75 Shorts, sioS0 to to
~ o't Sst 2s hs IL Rys No Ss No
ley, IS to 45c: Flaxseed, $1.O5. Hay, IS ia
-; Timothy, SO to 81.
~ 81: PAuL:-Whea No. /, hard, 73c No. l
S \ s e; No.2. Northern, zoe. Corn, No
No: ?: white, 2oAc. Rye, Ne. 2, 45c; Corn
meal, $14: Bran. satked, &11:OO. Timothy
hay. $1l.OO Flax seed, $l.O5:
DuLurH:-Wheat, 75Ac.
Anw AUEEE:--Wheat, 72Hc: Corn No. 3, SIC
Oats. No: 2, white, 33c: Bye. No. 1, Soc
Barley, S2Ac. Mess Pork, SIS: Lard, Sc
Sh to &c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01

The requisites OF a first class boarding
school, arc of three kinds, the material,
the intellectual and the m oral, and this is
especially true OF young ladies academies.
In tho construction OF tho building care
should be taken to have the rooms we'll
lighted and we'll ventilated, they should be
cheerful apartments in which it is a pleas
ure to be. The bedrooms should be as
comfortable and home-like as possible and
the fare should be good, health, food, and
plenty of it. II conveniences such as bath
rooms, hot and cold water at hand, steam
for heating purposes, and gas for light are
added, tho pupil will be in position to
give the mind entirely to study and an
elaborate and thorough course OF all the
leading branches can be taken with both
pleasure and profit. Moral training 10 the
basis Of tho school life, and every careful
parent will see to it that his child frequents
only schools whore pure moral atmos-
phere prevails throughout. An institution
that fulfills all these requirements is q
place that 10 sure to turn out accomplish.
cd pupils, that will reflect credit alike
upon themselves, their families and their
school, IL 10 not extraordinary therefore
to learn that St. Joseph's Academy St.
Paul, 10 considered q model institution,
one OF the leading educational esta blish'
snents Of the country, and that it numbers
among its pupils and graduates many Of
the most accomplished ladies in tho north.
west. Those who have children to place
at boarding school should write at once ia
tho Mother Superior for full particulars
Her address 10 Mother Superior, st.
Ioseph's Academy, st. Paul, Mimi.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
Two Very Different Young Men

Two Very Different Young Men.
From the Philadelphia Call.
"What marked difference there is IN
yonnS men," remarked Il suburban
matron the other day. II have two
nephews who alternately run OUT
from the city to see me, generally stay.
ing all night. 1t almost gives me tho
shivers to allot that spare room to
one of them, he is so exceedingly care
less. 1t looks as if Bedlam had been
let loose the next morning. Every.
thing is out of place. The towel rack
is overturned, the pillow.shams are
crushed, the washbowl is left full of
water, the windows are left open to
the intrusive flies, and everything gen.
orally at skies and sevens. But there's
the other nephew. Bless my soul, it's
a pleasure to have him come! Why,
you'd think the daintiest lady had
slept in the room. He removes the
shams and spread, washes the soap
before he returns it to the soap.dish,
puts the towel squarely on the rack
and the comb into the brush, re6xes
the tidy on the bureau. and bows the
shutters before he comes down, and
all that. Why, I've got nothing to do
scarcely but remake the bed, and one
would hardly know that he slept in
it. cannot see why there should be
such a marked difference between the
young men, when they are 80
much alike in almost every other re.
spect. It's more likely born in them
than bred in Them"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-09-01
Where They were Born.

Some time after the war Gen. Crit.
tendon met three ex-confederate off,
GERS at dinner, and they became very
friendly.
Major" said Gen. Crittenden to
one OF them, ''where were you born?"
"Weil." said the major, getting a
little red. II was born, sir, in Nan.
tucket, Mass, but you see l lived ten
years in the South and married q
southern lady, and, az all my inter-
ests were in the South, of course l
fought for them"
And where were you born?" he
asked the second.
"Well, sir, was born in Nantucket,
Mass, but I'd lived in the South
twenty years, and of course
II see," said the general, turning to
the third; "colonel, where were you
born?''
y was born in Nantucket, Mass,
too, but I'd been thirty years in the
South, and"
'That's curious, isn't it,"
"Tell me, general" said one Of them,
"where were you born?"
"Well, was born in Huntwell, Ala.,
but lived IN the North for many
years, and l fought for the Union."
Then they all drank around.